The 2003–04

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was the 57th edition of the tournament.

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won the tournament for the 4th time in club history, winning the two-legged final over

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on a 4–2 aggregate score.

Seedings and format

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, 23 of the 24 clubs in

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, and 7 clubs from

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. The only Serie B club not to feature in the competition was

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, as they had only later been reassigned to Serie B based on sporting merit following the disbarment of

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. The clubs from Serie C included the 4 runners-up from the 2002–03 Serie C promotion playoffs along with the two finalists from the 2002–03 Serie C Coppa Italia competition. The format for pairings were: * Group Stage: one-leg fixtures ** First round: The 32 non-seeded clubs were divided into 8 groups of 4 teams each. Each team played the other three from its group once and the top team from each group advanced to the second round. ***Points were awarded as 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for loss. In the event of a tie at the conclusion of this stage, the group goes to the team with the best goal difference in the match, otherwise the best overall goal difference. * Knockout Rounds: two-leg fixtures ** Second round: Clubs 9–14 from

and the top two clubs from

were paired against the 8 advancing teams from the group stage. ** Round of 16: Teams 1–8 from

were paired against the 8 winners of the second round ** Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals: Two-leg fixtures with pairings based upon bracket

Group stage

To protest against the enlargement of Serie B to 24 teams, many clubs chose to forfeit games in the group phase of this year's competition and many games were not played. All forfeiting teams were given a 3–0 defeat and deducted 1 point in the table for each game not played. Forfeiting teams are indicated in ''italics''.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Knockout stage

Final

First leg

Second leg

Lazio won 4–2 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

References

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